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Innovative Hungarian writer LÃ¡szlÃ³ Krasznahorkai is tonight announced as the winner of the sixth Man Booker International Prize at an award ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Krasznahorkai was chosen from a list of ten eminent contenders from around the world.

The first Man Booker prize longlist to include American authors has divided headline writers into those who prefer â€œCommonwealth writers edged outâ€ and those who have chosen â€œDonna Tartt snubbedâ€.

Of the 13 novelists on the longlist, four are Americanâ€”Siri Hustvedt, Joshua Ferris, Karen Joy Fowler and Richard Powersâ€”six are British, two are Irish and just one is a Commonwealth writer, from Australia. This means there are no Caribbean or African authors up for the award…

First awarded in 1969, the Man Booker prize was, until this year, open only to novels by writers from Britain and the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe. At the end of 2013 entry was opened up to writers of any nationality, writing originally in English and published in Britain.

The judges considered 154 novels, of which 44 were by authors who are now eligible under the new rules. Commonwealth submissions totalled 31 this year, compared with 43 in 2013.

The shortlist of 10 authors competing for the Â£60,000 Man Booker International Prize has been announced.Â The finalists come from nine different countries and include a Swiss writer for the first time.